{"id":275,"date":"2010-11-17T04:53:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/11\/17\/calling-out-mark-millar\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:35","slug":"calling-out-mark-millar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/11\/17\/calling-out-mark-millar\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling out Mark Millar!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the latest Nexus Graphica column<\/a>, I call out Mark Millar on his portrayal of multiple sclerosis in Superior<\/span> #1.<\/p>\n

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While I enjoyed various elements of Superior #1, the overall portrayal of MS still disturbs me. The vast majority of people diagnosed with MS never experience such severe disability, though many require some kind of mobility aide like a cane. But let’s assume Pooni is among the less-than-one-third of people with MS who requires a wheelchair. Of the some 400,000 people currently afflicted in the US, only eight to ten thousand of them were diagnosed while in their teens. (I was 25, the median age.) Additionally, some 80 percent of people with MS are women.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Millar approaches MS in this story as though it could be any 70s movie-of-the-week disease: cancer, lupus, measles, alien microbes, take your pick. Like lupus and measles, most people have heard of multiple sclerosis, but don’t really know what it is and this overly, dramatic worst case portrayal does little to help.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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In the article<\/a>, I cite several other flaws regarding Millar’s view of MS. I also review Guerillas Volume 1<\/span>, The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Volume One<\/span>, and Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest Nexus Graphica column, I call out Mark Millar on his portrayal of multiple sclerosis in Superior #1. Quote: While I enjoyed various elements of Superior #1, the overall portrayal of MS still disturbs me. The vast majority … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n